MinuteFood | Butter vs. Oil: Which One Is The Better Choice to Keep Your Eggs from Sticking? ๐ฅ๐ณ @MinuteFood | Uploaded 1 month ago | Updated 1 hour ago
By forming a barrier that prevents the protein in an egg from chemically bonding with the metal in a pan, both butter and oil do lessen the risk of stickingโฆbut butter generally does a better job than oil does. See, most foods that we cook โ like eggs โ are mostly water, and water and fat donโt like each other. So when you add an egg to hot oil, the egg and the oil actually repel each other slightly, leaving only the thinnest barrier of oil between the food and the metal of the pan. Butter, though, is rich in a few different types of compounds, like phospholipids and milk proteins, that have parts which are hydrophilic โ theyโre attracted to water โ and parts that are lipophilic โ theyโre attracted to fat. These compounds keep the watery egg and the fatty butter in close contact, maintaining a nice thick butter barrier between the food and the pan, and preventing bonding between them. So if you want to be totally sure your eggs wonโt stick, butterโs the better choice.
By forming a barrier that prevents the protein in an egg from chemically bonding with the metal in a pan, both butter and oil do lessen the risk of stickingโฆbut butter generally does a better job than oil does. See, most foods that we cook โ like eggs โ are mostly water, and water and fat donโt like each other. So when you add an egg to hot oil, the egg and the oil actually repel each other slightly, leaving only the thinnest barrier of oil between the food and the metal of the pan. Butter, though, is rich in a few different types of compounds, like phospholipids and milk proteins, that have parts which are hydrophilic โ theyโre attracted to water โ and parts that are lipophilic โ theyโre attracted to fat. These compounds keep the watery egg and the fatty butter in close contact, maintaining a nice thick butter barrier between the food and the pan, and preventing bonding between them. So if you want to be totally sure your eggs wonโt stick, butterโs the better choice.
